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File 3208/1908 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Taona piracy case’ [196r] (29/206)
The record is made up of 102 folios. It was created in 16 Jun 1905-16 Jun 1913. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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[ Confidential^
No. 484, dated Bushire, the 10th-(received 19th) March 1912.
From—L ieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with my letter No. ,3005 of
23rd November 1911, I have the honour
to attach copies of further correspondence
which has passed between His Majesty’s
Minister and myself on the subject of the
Despatch from His Majesty’s Minister, No. 3,
dated the 5th January 1912.
Telegram to His Majesty’s Minister, No. 49-198,
dated the 9th March 1912.
No. 3, dated the 5th January 1912.
From—His Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—The
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
I forward to you herewith copy of a note which I have received from the
Minister for Foreign Affairs in reply to a note which I addressed to H is
Excellency on December 21st, on the receipt of your telegram No. 340*t>f the
16th ultimo on the subject of the Taona murders. I should be glad if you
would furnish me with any observations that will enable me to answer
this note.
£ 0 py 26th December 1911.
Translation.
Your Excellency,
I have received Your Excellency’s note of the 21st instant and in reply
I have the honour to state that according to the statements made by Muhammad
Ben Majid and Ali Ben Majid to Ahmed ben Sultan, the Shari Hakem of Abu
Thabi, in the month of Shavval 1322, they suspected three men of the murder
of four of their own relatives and the names of two of the suspected persons
given by them were Muhammad Ben Jasem and Ghais Ben Jasem. No other
name was given.
These three men are the very same men of whom one was killed w hen
being arrested while the other two were arrested and kept in gaol in Ears tor
a Ion a* time. One of the two died of cholera in gaol and the other was trie
twice in the Kargozari at Shiraz in the presence of the British Consul. No
charge of murder could be brought home to any of them and therefore the
Persian Government have not failed in the execution of justice. Under these
circumstances there are no funds out of which the Persian Government cou
pay compensation to the heirs.
Jl avail, Gtc.,
(Signed) VOSSTJK-ED-DOWLEH.
Telegram No. 49-198, dated the 9th March 1912.
From—Resident, Bushire,
To—Minister, Tehran.
Please see your despatch No. 3, dated 5th January. The enclosure is
merely a return to the statements made in the enclosure to Grant Dutt s
despatch No. 24 of March 27th, 1906^ which were fully disposed of in my
despatch 9-20 of 5th October 19081
There are two separate items to be disposed of : firstly, the punishment of
the offenders and secondly, compensation to the relations of the victims As
regards former, please see views expressed m my tefegram 202 , dated 31st
October. 4 As regards latter, I am strongly of opinion that we should accept
no argument at this stage, especially after reduction by 40 per cen . o c a.m
outstanding for nine years.
S. G. P. I.—No. 2516 F. D.—21-3-1912—44.
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Part 3 comprises correspondence relating to an incident occurring in 1902 in which four Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi] pearl fishers (described as being of the Sudan tribe) were murdered near Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], Persia, by inhabitants of the nearby port of Taona [Bandar-e Ţāḩūneh]. The part’s principal correspondents are: Major Percy Zachariah Cox ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ); Sir George Head Barclay (British Minister at Tehran); William Graham Greene (Assistant Secretary to the Admiralty).
The correspondence covers:
- efforts by the British authorities to establish the identities and whereabouts of the perpetrators of the crime, and efforts to obtain compensation for the crime on behalf of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi. Much is also made in the correspondence of the long period of time taken to resolve the case, and the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi’s frustration at the delay;
- the capture in 1909 by HMS Redbreast of one of the men believed to have been involved in the murders (including a report of the capture by Lieutenant Commander Joseph Armand Shuter of HMS Redbreast , dated 5 July 1909, ff 222-225);
- the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi’s refusal to detain the suspect at Abu Dhabi, for fear of the unrest that it might cause in the town, chiefly amongst the relatives of the murdered men;
- a proposal made by the Government of India to pay 11,000 Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. as compensation to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, with hope of compensation forthcoming from Persia looking unlikely.
A minute at the end of the correspondence, written by Sir Thomas William Holderness of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , dated 1913 (f 190), offers a succinct précis of the events of the case.
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